List Bliss

It's time for a list!

Reasons I Like Being Short:
1. I never had to worry about dating someone shorter than me
2. It makes me look younger
3. I'm the perfect size for sitting in someone's lap
4. Crawling into the backseat of a car is easy
5. I make every guy feel big
6. Put me in a costume and I could get away with trick-or-treating
7. I don't have to put things away if they belong on the top shelf
8. Cute nicknames like shorty, little bit, small fry, little mama
9. Shopping in the little girls department  (chubby girl stuff but still from the kids section)
10. I can wear 4 inch heels and no one thinks it's over the top
11. I never have to duck
12. The littlest one is always on the top of a pile
13. I can put my feet on the dashboard with my legs fully extended without having to move the seat back
14. Fitting into spaces no one else could made me a pro at hide and seek
15. I'm the perfect height for spooning
16. I think it's romantic to stand on my tiptoes for a kiss

Done

Workout done!  Strength training tonight.  Gave up a football game, but I needed to get it in.  I've been sloppy this week and that is no good!

So now it's done and I feel better and there's still some football on...so I'm gonna go park myself on the couch and exercise my right to some good entertainment!

Fail

Ugh, I am so irritated with myself!  I just had a Coke.  A real Coke. A real Coke full of real sugar.

I stopped drinking regular coke in January.  That was huge for me, huge I tell you!  I am a girl who grew up drinking soda like water.  And I'm so not kidding - I had Pepsi in my bottle as a toddler.  Don't judge my Mom too harshly, it was the only thing I would drink and she was desperate...plus it was easier to give me the Pepsi and shut me up. 

So when I say  my addiction was extreme I am not exaggerating.  I don't remember a time when I didn't drink soda. What's really amazing is that I got my first adult cavity last year, at age 34.  One teeny tiny cavity - the smallest the dentist had ever filled.  You think with all that sugar my teeth would have rotted away...

I still drink a lot of soda - but I switched to diet because I drink less of it that way. And since January I have been SO good!  The only exception was when we took M to the movies for her birthday and we got a drink for all of us to share.  When they charge $10 for a drink you have to do that....Anyway, we were sharing and they had Mr. Pibb (my husband's favorite) so that was my only non diet drink.

Until today.  Until about 10 minutes ago.  140 Calories. 30 grams of sugar. 

So. Not. Worth. It.

It's Official!

I'm officially off probation status for my job!  My position came with a one year mandatory probationary status.  Not really worrisome if you do your job and do it well, right?  And I do try to do it well.  On the other hand,   I am opinionated and I do have a big mouth so you never know how that's gonna work out...

But I got a great review!  I was told I was "a damn good hire." 

And that makes me so happy because I love my job and I want to do service to our students and our program.  I just feel like it's my responsibility to demonstrate that these programs actually make a difference and have an impact...and I try to work hard to make that happen.

So yay for good reviews!

Happy Tuesday!

Got up and hit the treadmill – my penance for this weekend.  I was really not good with the whole working out thing.  Between having friends over, football games, church, and a quick trip to our neighboring state - it just got squeezed out.  I know, I know …you make room for the things that are a priority…I totally believe that.  This weekend, however, my priority was on spending time with some awesome people, watching some good football, nourishing my spirit, and picking up my new car. 

Today I got right back on track and ran my little heart out.  Even though I’m still weak it felt good!

I am loving the fall weather!  Fall is my absolute favorite season, it always has been. There is just something about this weather that makes me feel alive and full of promise…and that is exactly how I am feeling today.

Boomer Sooner!

Really fun and awesome day. There was just a sense of excitement all day long because today marked the beginning of college football!  Yes, I know the season has already started but for me it doesn't really begin until my favorite team kicks off. So today was spent preparing for the first game.

There's just something about football season that makes me really happy.  I love everything about it!

We enjoyed some great company and way too much food.  I have a weakness for mexican food so I gorged on enchilada dip and queso...it was so good that I don't even feel guilty about it. And my boys played well - love to watch my Sooners!  It was a pretty sure win, so not the most exciting game.  But it's football and a win so I'll take it!

I watched the Baylor/TCU game - now that was an exciting game! I thought for sure Baylor was gonna take it and then out of nowhere TCU comes back and then I was jumping around on the couch, yelling like a crazy person...so intense! 

And that folks, is what makes football so great!

List Bliss

I love lists. I make them for everything. Grocery lists, to do lists, reminder lists...sometimes I even make lists for my list.  So in recognition of my fondness for list, I thought I would share...

Annoying Things About Me:
1. I sneeze in threes or more. Usually more.  And it doesn't matter if I blow my nose, I'll still keep sneezing.
2. My sneezes are very loud and unattractive. No cute girly sneezes for me.
3. I can be embarrassingly loud.
4. Sometimes I think I'm funnier than I really am.
5. I am beyond stubborn.
6. I hate being wrong so sometimes I just pretend that I'm not.
7. When I eat Skittles I open the package and separate them into colors. I eat one color at a time and eat them in a specific order.  If I happen to find a stray one that I overlooked and I've already eaten that color I get way too bummed for it not to be weird.
8. I throw my clothes over the chairs in our bedroom.  They stay there until the weekend when I finally put them away.
9. I am neurotic about my duvet cover.  I make my husband pull the sheet up and over so it won't touch his skin.
10. I say "Umm" way too much. Not in casual conversations, only when I'm speaking professionally. Which only makes it more annoying.
11. I'm overly sentimental.
12. I leave the WORST phone messages ever. 
13. I ramble.
14. I can't really whistle.
15. Sometimes I remind myself of a yappy chihuahua.
16. It's hard for me to let people go, even when I know I should.
16. I have no sense of direction.
17. I can't pronounce phenomenon correctly.  I know how it is suppose to be said, I just can't make my mouth move in the right way to get it to come out correctly.
18. I am a horrible speller.
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20. The fact that I couldn't end this list at 19, I had to make it an even number.